No money, no time, no space, no company? Seven tips for eating well on a solo budget

When it comes to feeding yourself on a solo budget noodles and frozen vegetables are your friends, and fresh herbs are your enemies. Photograph: Supplied by Jinghua Qian

Everywhere you look, prices are going up. Australians are experiencing the biggest fall in real wages since records began in 1997.

So like everyone, I’m trying to watch what I spend on groceries. (According to my own supermarket receipts, a bag of chips costs 27% more than it did last year.) But a lot of the advice out there for frugal feeds seems to be geared towards cooking in bulk or catering for a large household.